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Friday, 8 July 2016

Child Abuse: Woman Tortures, Blinds 12-Year-Old House Help In Lagos

A wicked woman based in Lagos, has taken child
abuse to another height by blinding her 12-year-old houseboy identified as Peter, New Telegraph reports.
It was gathered that young boy who is from Togo, and was employed by the
woman, had been suffering severe beating in the hands of the woman. The little
boy has therefore lost an eye in one of such cruel beatings.

According
to neighbours at 14b, Olu Akerele Street, Balogun Bus Stop off Awolowo Way,
Ikeja, residence of the woman, the woman descended on the poor boy because
he did not wash a kettle properly and in the process, injured his eye. The
residents who could no longer withstand her cruelty, reported the case to the
police and the woman was arrested.

A
resident who identified herself as Tayo, narrated how the
incident happened: “We feared the unexpected with the manner the woman used
to beat the boy. He has a deep sore on his leg. When I asked him about it, he
said it was burnt from fire. He said the swollen eye was caused by beating from
his madam for not washing a kettle properly.

He
has been subjected to violence for a long time. You know everybody used to mind
his or her business in the compound. When I saw the boy last, he was looking
sickly. Hence I decided to seek help from the appropriate agency.”

Another
resident said the woman was well known for being violent and was avoided by
everyone in the area. “If the boy comes to watch television with them in the
parlor, he would be beaten. On school days, you will see the boy leaving home
around 9.30a.m. This is an ideal case of child abuse and child labour. We need
the intervention of child protection network in his case.”

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